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ArticleMembranes2021

Quantitative Analysis of the Membrane Affinity of Local Anesthetics Using a Model Cell Membrane.

Wanjae Choi, Hyunil Ryu, Ahmed Fuwad, Seulmini Goh, Chaoge Zhou, Jiwook Shim, Masahiro Takagi, Soonjo Kwon, Sun Min Kim, Tae-Joon Jeon

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Article in Membranes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Wanjae ChoiDepartment of Biological Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-7723-7001
Hyunil RyuDepartment of Biological Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea.
Ahmed FuwadDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea.
Seulmini GohDepartment of Biological Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea.
Chaoge ZhouDepartment of Biological Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea.
Jiwook ShimDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4088-2557
Masahiro TakagiSchool of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi 923-1292, Ishikawa, Japan.
Soonjo KwonDepartment of Biological Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea.
Sun Min KimDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-8420-637X
Tae-Joon JeonDepartment of Biological Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4882-9040
Inha University · KRJapan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology · JPRowan University · US

Funding

Inha University Grant N/ANational Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2019R1A2C1084787
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Local anesthesia is a drug that penetrates the nerve cell membrane and binds to the voltage gate sodium channel, inhibiting the membrane potential and neurotransmission. It is mainly used in clinical uses to address the pain of surgical procedures in the local area. Local anesthetics (LAs), however, can be incorporated into the membrane, reducing the thermal stability of the membrane as well as altering membrane properties such as fluidity, permeability, and lipid packing order. The effects of LAs on the membrane are not yet fully understood, despite a number of previous studies. In particular, it is necessary to analyze which is the more dominant factor, the membrane affinity or the structural perturbation of the membrane. To analyze the effects of LAs on the cell membrane and compare the results with those from model membranes, morphological analysis and 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) measurement of CCD-1064sk (fibroblast, human skin) membranes were carried out for lidocaine (LDC) and tetracaine (TTC), the most popular LAs in clinical use. Furthermore, the membrane affinity of the LAs was quantitatively analyzed using a colorimetric polydiacetylene assay, where the color shift represents their distribution in the membrane. Further, to confirm the membrane affinity and structural effects of the membranes, we performed an electrophysiological study using a model protein (gramicidin A, gA) and measured the channel lifetime of the model protein on the free-standing lipid bilayer according to the concentration of each LA. Our results show that when LAs interact with cell membranes, membrane affinity is a more dominant factor than steric or conformational effects of the membrane.

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calorimetric assaycramicidin Afibroblast cellslipid bilayer membranelocal anestheticsmembrane affinity

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PMID34436342
PMCPMC8401255
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